5CEA2 vs GW3AR-20
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CEA2 and the Gowin Arora III GW3AR-20 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CEA2 | GW3AR-20 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Gowin Arora III |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 18,860 | 23,040 |
| LUTs as published | 9,430 ALMs | 23,040 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 25,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 25 variable-precision DSP blocks | 26 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 1.7 Mb | 1.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 224 | 238 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | — |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Gowin EDA |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The GW3AR-20 has about 22% more logic capacity (23K vs 18.9K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CEA2 is built from ALMs and the GW3AR-20 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (9.4K vs 23K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the GW3AR-20 has 26 DSP blocks against 25 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CEA2.
The 5CEA2 has more on-chip memory (1.7 Mb vs 1.1 Mb).
The 5CEA2 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW3AR-20 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CEA2 (Cyclone V) and GW3AR-20 (Arora III).